During the Civil War, most Napoleonic artillery batteries could easily achieve a rate of fire of two rounds per minute.

In the plane of travel, due to the addition of various black technologies, such as the most important artillery well that "does not require displacement after firing", the maximum speed of a three-person artillery group can reach 34 rounds per minute.

The only two things that can restrict the performance of the artillery crew are the swaying deck and the hot barrel.

During the 10-minute rapid fire period that night, the fleet had actually reduced the ship's speed to 2 knots to reduce deck shaking and cooperate with the gun crew's operations. Due to the existence of turbine power, the fleet could accelerate at any time before a large number of enemies surrounded them.

Leave.

As for the gun barrel, the quality of the Napoleon cannon manufactured by the precision forged iron cutting process currently used by the fleet has far exceeded that of similar products in history. A rapid fire has no effect on the gun barrel.

In short, technology changes everything. Facing a fleet armed with high technology, the primitive pirates of the 17th century had no ability to fight back except being beaten.

After just 10 minutes of rapid fire time, the crossing fleet that was blocking the ramparts outside Zhongzuo Port like a fierce god instantly transformed into a living ship and disappeared.

The fleet, which was originally shining with light and beams of light, shining like stars in the dark night, suddenly lost all its lights. Apart from hearing the sound of a series of engines fading away, the stunned pirates saw only the dark night in front of them.

If there weren't a large number of dead and injured people and ships around, maybe some people would have thought it was just a dream.

Naturally, the fleet was about to retreat. The fires were set off, the cannons were fired, and the enthusiasm was shipped. Why don't you quickly pick up your pants and leave? What are you waiting for? So the fleet instantly entered the blackout, speeded up, turned around, and pulled

Almost.

While running away, considering that today's combat goal completion rate was 120, which was much better than expected, two radio waves flew to Dayuan and Fuzhou respectively in the middle of the night: reinforcements were ready to come out.

In the early morning, Li Kuiqi, who stood on the pier at Zhongzuo Station and inspected the tragic situation in front of him, seemed to have turned a lot grayer overnight.

At least 30 ships were sunk in the port. Only the masts or tilted bows of these overturned belongings were exposed on the water, and dense debris and corpses were floating beside them. The scene was extremely desolate. As for those who were shot

There are countless lucky people who only have a few holes in their backs.

You know, a certain fleet fired 440 rounds of artillery shells in the first long-range shot, and the second rapid-fire round of ammunition was more than twice that number. The assembled pirate ship array was able to withstand it in a short period of time.

The damage caused by the 1200 iron ball is so terrifying!

In addition to material losses, there are also human losses.

Nearly 1,000 people died in the shelling and the ensuing chaos. This number seems small compared to a large gang of more than 2 people, but at the same time, more than 1,000 people are lying wounded.

Leaking bows and wailing on the beach

Not only Li Kuiqi was jumping on the pier, but Zhong Bin, who was worried about his son-in-law, was the most nervous one.

Since the few small boats that were forcibly sent out last night were taken away by an oncoming fleet, the Center Left Station was subsequently bombarded, and a large number of people fled to the shore. The scene was extremely chaotic, no less than the legendary "

Camp Roar".

Under this situation, Li Kuiqi couldn't even secure the Chinese military tent, so no one risked his life to go to Kinmen in the dark. It wasn't until about 5 o'clock in the morning that the trembling pirates sent out sentries after confirming that their opponents had gone far away.

The boat went there to investigate the situation.

In the end, it was not the sentinel boat that brought the bad news, but a fishing boat departing from Kinmen.

After Pirate Bay was burned down, all the ships docked here were destroyed by the fire and hot wind. The few people who escaped were in shock. At dawn, they found a fishing boat from a nearby fishing village and rowed to Zhongzuo Station.

And when the fishing boat slowly rowed into the pier, the people on the bow were immediately stunned by the tragic scene around them, so that when many shopkeepers rushed to the bow, everyone was still confused.

"Tell me! What's going on in Kinmen?!" Zhong Bin rushed onto the ship and immediately grabbed a waiter's shoulder and asked loudly.

With a "pop", the waiter knelt down and said, "What a tragedy, Mr. Zhong is all gone. It's all burnt down."

When Zhong Bin heard this, his face turned pale, and his strong body trembled slightly: "Where are the people? How many escaped?"

“Less than three hundred brothers are left alive.”

After Zhong Bin yelled "Yeah", he raised his head and fell on the board of the boat.

Seeing that the second master fell to the ground in a daze, the dozen or so bosses who were on board quickly helped Zhong Bin up, then pinched him and fanned him, but none of them dared to slap him.

Li Kuiqi, who had already been mentally prepared for the situation, had no trouble at this time. After dragging a waiter over, he said with a cold face: "Please tell me in detail."

After a while, after Li Kuiqi asked the survivors in detail about their confessions, he returned to the Chinese military tent without saying a word and began to dispatch people to organize the aftermath.

And not long after he started "disaster relief", another fishing boat escaped from Kinmen, but it brought an important person: Chen Zhongji.

Chen Zhongji was the only leader in the Pirate Bay who escaped with his life. However, when the shopkeepers in the big tent saw him, they all took a breath.

Chen Zhongji was carried into the tent: half of his body had been burned to death, and his whole body was covered with blisters. His chubby face was already torn and bruised, with blood oozing out.

Chen Zhongji only rushed out of the poop after the fire broke out. He was about to be burned to death, but he was almost pushed into the sea by one of his men and was then fished out. After that, shopkeeper Chen Da, who had enjoyed the ice and fire, returned again

Being left on the beach to suffer until dawn

The moment they saw him, everyone knew that this man's life had already passed. He closed his eyes and closed his eyes at that moment.

Sure enough. When Li Kuiqi leaned over to hold his hand and said the three words "Brother Zhongji" with a sad face, Chen Zhongji, who had already been blind for a long time, used his last remaining strength and shouted to the roof: "

It's a big thief! Kuiqi must help me take revenge!" Then he died.

Later that day, after collecting enough information about their opponents, the shopkeepers quickly realized that dispersion was the most reliable way to avoid the terrifying night attack. As a result, the pirate gang who had hastily cleaned up the mess started to

They began to disperse their troops and stationed them in various places in Zhangzhou Bay. As for the Zhongzuo Pier, they were left to Li Kuiqi's direct troops.

It was at this time that the pirate gang, which had previously scorned the news that Xiong Wencan had turned around to recruit the Kun thieves, truly understood the horror of the time travelling.

However, knowing it is of no use. At least tonight, no pirate has been able to think of a way to compete with the traveling crowd. They are nervous, they are afraid, and they don’t know from which corner their opponents will come out after dark. So they can only

They dispersed and escaped, and with the mentality of killing their Taoist friends but not the poor Taoists, they scattered their troops all over Zhangzhou Bay.

Of course, there is always a small shopkeeper who is brave and righteous, and still arranges his men and ships at the Zhongzuo Pier, staying with Li Kuiqi's direct troops. This person is called Hu Ba.

Hu Ba is a good brother of Comrade Du Dewei, who has abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side. The two brothers broke up after Du Dewei went north to Fuzhou. Today, Hu Ba still stays with Li Kuiqi's gang and is loyal.

However, Zhongxin Hu Ba has been a little busy recently, because he has to send a small boat to go around the Yuegang Harbor in the innermost part of Zhangzhou Bay every day. I don’t know what he is busy with.

While there was chaos in Zhangzhou Bay, Chuanzhong's fleet had arrived at the official wharf outside Quanzhou City.

Quanzhou City, which is only 40 kilometers away from Kinmen in a straight line and less than 80 kilometers by sea, is a supply point that has been scheduled by the fleet. After bombarding Zhongzuo Station that night, the fleet did not drive at high speed in the remaining time.

Wandering northward, we arrived at the sea outside Quanzhou before early morning.

Waiting in the open sea until the sunrise, the fleet first dispatched a liaison boat, and then slowly entered the Quanzhou Pier. The Quanzhou prefect and the Quannan guerrilla general, who had already received the governor's Yamen letter, were already waiting for the arrival at the wharf.

So the fleet settled in Quanzhou.

After staying at the dock for a whole day, it was not until the evening that the five dusty supply ships arrived in Quanzhou. So early the next morning, a large number of porters began the transfer work.

After this, reinforcements began to arrive one after another.

There were three parties of support: the Dutch, the Fuzhou Fleet from Mawei Military Camp, and the officers and soldiers from Fuzhou Shuibiao. Except for the Dutch, because the other two parties had to receive supplies in Quanzhou City, the official departure of the entire army was later.

It was postponed for one day.

The Dutch sent 10 armed merchant ships of the largest tonnage this time, led by Putmans himself.

The Shuibiao officers and soldiers with the weakest combat effectiveness were led by General Qu Dazhong.

As for the 30 Fuzhou fleets departing from Mawei Shuiying, they were commanded by Navy Commander Liu Zhe, who had just arrived in Fuzhou with a large number of sailors.

The personnel on these 30 ships are composed of pirate recruits and senior sailors on the spot. In addition, there are 10 army soldiers stationed on each ship holding Type 28 rifles.

After the reinforcements arrive, the official operation to annihilate the Li Kuiqi Group will begin soon.

Before that, the Travelers first summoned the leaders of various groups and announced their battle plan.

Taking into account the extremely miserable battlefield mobility in this era, the Travelers did not dare to play any tricks, but honestly divided their reinforcements into two blockade lines that were not affiliated with each other.

The first blockade: the sea area between Kinmen Island and the northern mainland.

The second blockade: the sea area between Kinmen Island and the southern mainland.

Zhangzhou Bay is an irregular bell mouth, and in the center of the bell mouth is Kinmen Island. The plan of the crossing is: the main fleet will enter Zhangzhou Bay to destroy the enemy frontally, and all reinforcements will be divided into two, with Kinmen Island

As the fulcrum, and the two blockades in the north and south as the chain, the Li Kuiqi Group was completely wiped out in the encirclement.

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